Poroshenko has promised to increase military spending in 2016
The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said about their plans to significantly increase military spending over the next year, as well as enhancing, arming and re-equipping the army with the newest samples of arms and military equipment.

The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said about their plans to significantly increase military spending over the next year, as well as enhancing, arming and re-equipping the army with the newest samples of arms and military equipment.
"of course, our desire for peace is not the same as pacifism. In the coming year We will increase military spending. This week the Verkhovna Rada for another 5 billion increased military budget ", - quote the appeal Poroshenko to the Ukrainian people".
"We not only survived in this unequal battle, We are strengthened to the extent that the enemy became too obvious high cost, which can apply direct invasion. For this reason, instead of an attack from the front and Ukraine want and dream to undermine from within, in the rear, " said the Ukrainian leader. According to him, currently the main challenge facing the country is not only to build an impenetrable fortifications on the line of collision, but also to take all measures to prevent any internal destabilization, which would make Ukraine " easy prey of the enemy." Remember, 10 July the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly said that Ukraine gets more lethal weapons than from ten different States." No sovereign Ukraine can't ban. Another thing that is not common to announce a list of States, but it is more than ten countries from Europe. We have different level of military-technical cooperation, and at this stage it is developing, " - said Chaly. The senior Democrat of the Department of military power chamber of the commissioners of Congress Adam Smith claimed that the head of the USA Barack Obama wants to deny passed by the U.S. Congress a draft law on defense spending in fiscal year 2016, which predusmatrivaet the possibility of supplying Ukraine weapons. In June, the military budget for the 2016 financial year received enough votes in the U.S. Senate, the document provides for the transfer of military equipment, small arms, rocket-propelled grenades. Along with this amendment on supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons included by Congress in the draft law of the military budget. As said, the U.S. assistant Secretary of state on problems of Eurasia and Europe, Victoria Nuland, the US have opportunity to send lethal weapons to Ukraine in the event of a new outbreak of violence in the country.